Adams County, Illinois

administration
Adams County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Quincy
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Adams County Courthouse 521 Vermont Street Quincy, IL 62301
Foundation :	January 13, 1825
Made up from:	Pike County
Area code :	001 217
Demographics
Residents :	67,103 (2010)
Population density :	30.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2257 km²
Water surface :	38 km²
map

Website : www.co.adams.il.us

The Adams County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 67,103 residents and a population density of 30.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Quincy .

geography

The county is located in the far west of Illinois on the east bank of the Mississippi River , which forms the border with the neighboring state of Missouri . It has an area of 2,219 square kilometers, of which 38 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Adams County:

Lewis County, Missouri	Hancock County	Schuyler County
		Brown County
Marion County, Missouri	Pike County

history

J. Q. Adams

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2186	-
1840	14,476	562.2%
1850	26,508	83.1%
1860	41,323	55.9%
1870	56,302	36.2%
1880	59,135	5%
1890	61,888	4.7%
1900	67,058	8.4%
1910	64,588	-3.7%
1920	62,188	-3.7%
1930	62,784	1 %
1940	65,229	3.9%
1950	64,690	-0.8%
1960	68,467	5.8%
1970	70,861	3.5%
1980	71,622	1.1%
1990	66,090	-7.7%
2000	68,277	3.3%
2010	67.103	-1.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Adams County was founded on January 13, 1825 on former parts of Pike County.

It was named after John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), the sixth President of the USA (1825–1829).

The first county court meeting was held on July 4th of that year.

population

As of the 2010 census , Adams County had 67,103 people in 27,579 households. The population density was 30.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.32 people each in the 27,579 households.

The racial the population was composed of 93.7 percent white, 3.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 41,582 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,941. 15.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Jun 20, 2008 - Quincy , Adams County - Corn crop destroyed by Mississippi flooding

Adams County localities

City

Quincy

Town

La Prairie

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - predominantly in Hancock County}

structure

Adams County is divided into 23 townships :

Division of Adams County

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Beverly Township	406	17-05742
Burton Township	909	17-10019
Camp Point Township	1632	17-10890
Clayton Township	1027	17-14780
Columbus Township	551	17-15859
Concord Township	287	17-16015
Ellington Township	2855	17-23412
Fall Creek Township	529	17-25258
Gilmer Township	1128	17-29288
Honey Creek Township	720	17-35957
Houston Township	221	17-36295
Keene Township	604	17-39220

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Liberty Township	1360	17-43146
Lima Township	534	17-43458
McKee Township	171	17-45746
Melrose Township	5746	17-48203
Mendon Township	1520	17-48320
Northeast Township	840	17-53624
Payson Township	1795	17-58278
Quincy Township	40,633	17-62380
Richfield Township	411	17-63550
Riverside Township	2151	17-64408
Ursa Township	1073	17-77057